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Intellectual Property

May 4, 2013

Opinions of counsel still useful in some patent cases

Opinions of counsel are useful only where the court finds the accused infringer acted with "an objectively high likelihood that is actions constituted infringement of a valid patent." By Andrea Weiss Jeffries and Christopher Gribble


By Andrea Weiss Jeffries and Christopher Gribble


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For nearly a quarter century, potential infringers of patent rights had an affirmative duty to exerci...

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